Hypothalamus

My hypothalamus is haunting me.

An empty crib.

A bump that will never grow.

Love authenticity, you will always be a part of me.
A ghost in the hallways.

Your heart beat in my deepest quetiapine dreams.

A scan that will never show your sweetest echo.

Father, why would you make me bleed the love so pure?
I lost my voice from speaking you into existence.

He runs his fingers over my stomach my breath hitching, hoping yours is too.

My hypothalamus is haunting me.
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February 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Molly, I pray you have found your get-away, you will find a true love one day someone who’ll take you too where you deserve to be. Beryl
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February 11, 2024 at 11:08 AM
This is a wonderful expression of internal imbalance and instability relating from a traumatic experience or tragedy. At least that what is the feeling I got reading it. Either way, it's very deep and revealing, but nicely written. Thank you for sharing it, Molly.
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